Predicting Worksheet
This Predicting Worksheet gives 3rd Grade readers six short stories to think through, choosing and writing predictions from story clues. An answer key is included, so students practice evidence-based thinking with almost no prep.
$6.97
Or free with a membership — get this and 10,000+ resources. See plans
Want this one free?
Tell us where to send it and it’s yours — no card, no catch.
One free resource per teacher. We’ll also send free teaching ideas each week — unsubscribe anytime.
Teaching is easier with a membership
Unlimited printables, games & videos for PreK–6th — for your classroom or homeschool. Cancel anytime.
Start your 3-day free trialNo commitment · Cancel anytime · Instant access to 10,000+ resources
About this resource
Description
Making predictions is one of the most useful reading strategies a child can learn, and this predicting worksheet gives third graders focused practice with it. When readers predict, they combine the clues an author gives them with what they already know in order to decide what will probably happen next. That habit keeps children thinking ahead, checking their guesses against the text, and staying connected to a story from the first sentence to the last. This predicting worksheet builds the habit with short, everyday stories that leave just enough evidence for a confident, defensible prediction.
The worksheet is split into two parts so students move from recognizing a good prediction to writing one of their own. In Part A, students read four short stories and fill in the bubble beside the best prediction out of three choices. In Part B, students read two more stories, write their own prediction in a complete sentence, and then write the clue from the story that helped them decide. Naming the clue is the step that turns a guess into real evidence-based thinking. Use this 3rd grade predictions worksheet for independent practice, as a guided reading follow-up, in a literacy center, or as a quick check before students tackle a longer passage. A complete answer key is included, so checking work takes seconds.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- 4 multiple-choice prediction stories with fill-in-the-bubble answers
- 2 write-your-own prediction stories with a clue line for text evidence
- 1 answer key with sample answers
- 3rd Grade reading practice focused on predicting outcomes
How This Helps Kids Learn
First, it makes thinking visible. Asking students to write the clue that led to their prediction forces them to point at the text instead of guessing, which is the same skill they will use later for inference and drawing conclusions. Second, it lowers the reading load so the strategy stays front and center. Each story is only two sentences long, so a third grader spends the effort on reasoning rather than decoding. Third, it builds confidence through a gentle progression. Students warm up by choosing among three predictions, then step up to writing their own, and the answer key shows them what a strong, complete answer sounds like.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Pause during a read-aloud at a cliffhanger and have students turn and talk about what they think will happen next and why. Cover the final panel of a comic or the last page of a picture book and let children write their own ending, then compare it with the author’s. Play a “clue hunt” where students highlight the words in a paragraph that hint at what is coming. At home, predict together during everyday moments: what will happen when the cookies come out of the oven, or when storm clouds roll in? Keep asking the follow-up question that matters most – what made you think so?
Related Resources
What teachers say
Reviews
You must be logged in to post a review.
Using Narrative Writing Worksheet,students read the tall tale, make predictions for what they think will happen next in the story, then write a conclusion to the story.
This Making Predictions Worksheet has 3rd graders use text clues to predict what happens next, with write-in and multiple-choice questions. Answer key included for easy, no-prep reading practice.
Students read four short stories and decide what happens next in this Missing File Predictions Worksheet for 3rd grade. An answer key is included, so prediction practice takes no prep at all.
Using Predict and Infer Graphic Organizer, students determine inferences in the text by thinking about your prior background knowledge and the clues that are in the text.
Using this Find the Effect Cause and Effect Worksheet, students read each given cause and give a possible effect that could have occurred as a result.
Using this Cookie Catastrophe Predictions Worksheet, students read each situation and make a prediction about what could happen next.
Using this Uh Oh Eggs Predictions Worksheet, students read each situation and make a prediction about what could happen next.
Using this Clay Day Predictions Worksheet, students read each situation and make a prediction about what could happen next.
Using You Make The Call Inferences Worksheet, students make an inference on what they think will happen next in different situations.
This fiction and nonfiction features worksheet has 3rd graders sort twelve text features into Fiction and Nonfiction columns. An answer key is included, making it a quick, no-prep way to build genre awareness.
This identifying author's purpose worksheet has 3rd graders read a giraffe passage and decide whether the author wants to inform, persuade, or entertain. Answer key included for easy reading practice.
This Creating Complete Sentences Worksheet asks 3rd graders to spot complete sentences and fix fragments by adding a missing subject or predicate. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet